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Published: 12/16/2020 5:47:31 PM
There are just some stories that are synonymous with the holiday season. Count “It’s a Wonderful Life” among them.
The 1946 Frank Capra classic starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed, tells the story of George Bailey, a businessman who contemplates suicide one Christmas Eve, questioning whether or not the people he loves would be better off with him dead. But the prayers of his loved ones are answered in the form of a gentle angel named Clarence coming to earth to help George.
The film is viewed in households around the world in the days and weeks leading up to Christmas, but on Friday you can see it in a completely different way thanks to The Park Theatre in Jaffrey. “It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” will be produced live on Dec. 18 at 7 p.m., featuring a cast of local theatre stalwarts via Zoom.
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Itâs been 10 months since a Robidoux Resident Theatre production took place on the Missouri Theater stage â one of the longest absences in the theater companyâs history.
The lengthy layoff ends this weekend as the group intends to bring some holiday cheer with the musical version of âItâs a Wonderful Life: The Musical.â
âWe need this. Itâs a gift to ourselves and itâs a gift to the people who choose to come to see it,â Carol Myers, director of the RRT production, said.
The musical will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11 and 12, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, at the Missouri Theater, 717 Edmond St. Masks are required and people will be placed several seats apart from each other to allow for social distance.